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Games

Battlefield Hardline has been delayed to 2015 to “take more time to ensure Hardline is the best, most innovative Battlefield experience we [Visceral Games] can.” [More…]

Dragon Age: Inquisition has also been delayed, but only until 18 November in North America and 21 November in Europe. The delay is to allow BioWare “to create the best Dragon Age experience ever.” [More…]

The Destiny beta is now available for Xbox gamers – a day earlier than expected – and the PlayStation versions are back online after maintenance. Bungie is also promising “some surprises in store, and if you play on Saturday, July 26th beginning at 2pm PDT, we’ve got a permanent reward on reserve that will commemorate the experience.”

The ‘Crown of the Sunken King’ DLC for Dark Souls 2 is available to download now on Xbox 360 and PC at a price of £7.99. The PS3 version should be available worldwide later today.

Looking to relive some classic missions from previous GTA titles? Well, there’s a number of GTA Online Creator Throwback Jobs that should interest you then. You can read about them here.

The first 100 cars for Forza Horizon 2 have been revealed and feature cars from the 1963 Volkswagen Type 2 De Luxe to the 2015 Lamborghini Huracán. You can view the full list here.

The latest DLC for GRiD Autosport has been released, and Codemasters has detailed the upcoming patch for the game. The ‘Best of British’ DLC pack is priced at £2.39 / $2.99 and brings three new vehicles: McLaren F1 GTR, Aston Martin V12 Zagato and Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722. Find out more about the patch here.

Freedom Wars will be available at retail in Europe for the PS Vita, but no date has been announced.

The first episode, or ‘wing’, of the Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas adventure is available now. You can view images of the deck here.

Sales & Discounts

This week’s Deals with Gold are now live, and Xbox One gamers can get 25% off Killer Instinct Ultra and Powerstar Golf. On Xbox 360, there’s a wide range of titles and extras discounted by between 25% to 80%, including Injustice: Gods Among Us, Darksiders, Batman and more. Full details here.

The US PS Store has been updated, which means new discounts, pre-orders and more. Details can be found here.

Consoles & Hardware

Update 1.74 for the PS4 is “coming soon” and promises to improve “stability of some software.” [via Twitter]

A new Wii U system update has been released and enables users to transfer data from one Wii U console to another. [More…]

Industry

Microsoft shipped 1.1 million Xbox consoles (that’s Xbox 360 and Xbox One) in the quarter which ended 30 June, which is up from the same period last year.

EA had a good first quarter of their 2015 financial year on the back of strong sales of packaged games. [More…]

Images from the live-action digital series, Halo: Hightfall, have been released and feature Mike Colter from TV series ‘The Good Wife’ as Agent Jameson Locke.

Sony Santa Monica has changed their logo. It’s news apparently. You can see the old and new logo here.

Halo composer Marty O’Donnell has won his battle against Bungie and will receive $95,000 as part of the settlement. [More…]

The Areal (‘spiritual successor to STALKER’) Kickstarter campaign has been “suspended without any warning.” West Games have now taken to direct funding to get the project going. [More…]

From next year, pirates (not the seafaring ones) in the UK will only get a slap on the wrist – up to four times in a year. Oddly, there will be no repercussions for ignoring them. It’s apparently more about educating the evildoers… [More…]

Videos

The PlayStation ‘Play Summer Program’ has been announced by Sony for America. You can get four new titles and get as much as $10 back. Details can be found here.

Check out the first footage of Destiny running at 1080p on the Xbox One.

Two parts in a ‘Making of…’ video series for Assassin’s Creed Unity.

Two new (free) maps are available for Killzone Shadow Fall in the US, with the maps releasing in Europe today. [More…]

The GoPro app is now available for Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Windows 8. [More…]

Some more of Link in Hyrule Warriors.

Point and click thriller Gods Will Be Watching will release for PC, Mac and Linux on 24 July. Have a launch trailer so long.

The Nvidia Shield Tablet has been announced and the Android device costs from $299 with an 8-inch “full HD” screen, a Tegra K1 mobile processor, expandable microSD card storage, and a stylus to use on top of its touch and gamepad inputs. [More…]